wedding dress

Chapter 130 The Man in the Picture

Xiaodong couldn't think of Shen Jing looking for her for anything, one year old and two years old, Shen Jing's behavior became more and more regular, avoiding suspicion everywhere.If he has a big problem, he must look for King An.If it's a trivial matter, it's Zhao Lu.It's really okay, and I won't run to find her.

Shen Jing didn't say what was the matter afterwards, and when Xiaodong met him again a day later and asked him, Shen Jing just smiled and changed the conversation.

Maybe it's not a big deal.

During the Double Ninth Festival feast in the palace, Xiaodong entered the palace early, and the Empress Dowager Shengci was being dressed and changed by the palace people, and the dresses were held by the palace people, each piece of which was indescribably beautiful.

"Greetings to the empress dowager, may the empress dowager live in peace and prosperity."

Empress Dowager Shengci waved to her: "Get up quickly."

Xiaodong approached with a smile, Caigu stepped aside with a smile, and Xiaodong smoothed the collar and tied the tie for the Empress Dowager Shengci.

"Where are your father and your brother?"

"They are ahead." Xiaodong supported the Empress Dowager Shengci's hand: "It's time for Empress Dowager and the others to come."

"Well, it's almost time." Empress Dowager Shengci told Caigu, "Go and get some cakes, you should take a bite first, there are many things to do today."

Caigu brought a plate of Double Ninth Cake with some sweet-scented sweet-scented osmanthus flowers sprinkled on top. It was just hot out of the pan and had a sweet aroma.

Xiaodong was not too polite, he squeezed a piece and ate it, the Empress Dowager Shengci said: "Be careful, eat slowly."

Caigu poured tea for her, and Xiaodong ate two pieces of cake with the tea. Sure enough, the queen and the concubines also came.Today everyone is dressed according to the style, the queen is dressed in a dark blue dress and wearing a beaded crown, which is more dignified and rigid than usual.Behind her was Concubine Ming, she was constantly suffering from ailments, Xiao Dong hadn't seen her for some days.Concubine Ming wears the color of imperial concubine's clothing, and also wears a beaded crown on her head, which is only one class lower than that of the empress.She was a little thin, and she should have been plumper when the crown dress was sewn, but now she was a little empty and couldn't hold it up.

Xiaodong consciously stood back, not far from the fifth princess.The red marks on her face are still there, and it seems to be a little lighter. It looks like a light pink, as if the snow has not yet melted, and the peach blossoms have just fallen, which is not ugly. It doesn't look very beautiful like this.

Although he contracted a serious disease, he saved his life and his appearance.The fifth princess is considered a blessing in misfortune, right?

Xiaodong played with the embroidered sachet, which contained bright red dogwood.

The fifth princess went to talk to her first: "A few days ago, the flower viewing party at Fourth Sister's house, I heard it was very lively?"

Xiaodong nodded and said, "A lot of people went there, enjoyed the chrysanthemums, and wrote some poems."

If the fifth princess goes, no one else will be able to suppress her limelight.The five princesses of the past can be said to be both talented and beautiful, and no one in the capital can match them.Speaking of appearance, except for Yao Jinfeng and Xiaodong, I have never seen anyone who can surpass her.In terms of talent, none of the princesses, clan daughters, and all the boudoir daughters that Xiao Dong knew was as outstanding as her.

"Sixth sister also went?"

"Ah, go."

"I haven't seen her for some days... Is she doing well?"

It is well known that the fifth princess and the sixth princess do not get along. The sixth princess was dominated by this elder sister in every way before, and the mothers of both sides also competed for favor. It is considered a long-standing grudge.The fifth princess got sick, if anyone is happy, it must be the sixth princess.

The fifth princess's words didn't sound like spying or sarcasm, but it seemed that she was sincerely caring for the sixth princess.

"Sixth sister looks pretty good..."

It's just that the happiness of the sixth princess is based on the pain and patience of others.Luo Wei was tortured and looked like a different person compared to before, and the Luo family was no longer peaceful and harmonious as before.

Xiaodong slanders, in fact, the emperor, you think the Luo family is not pleasing to the eye, and you intend to clean up their family, right?Your daughter was not disciplined well, and she was thrown to the courtier's family like a hot potato. She couldn't beat or scold her, she had to give in and confess.No wonder it is said that daughters should be married at a higher level and daughters-in-law should be married at a lower level.It is really a misfortune rather than a blessing for a daughter-in-law who is too high-ranking and too arrogant to enter the door.

"I heard that your brother has returned to Beijing, so you won't have to worry about it every day."

Xiaodong nodded and said: "Yes. Although my father said that it is a good thing to go out for training, Ye'an is too far away, and it takes such a long time to send a letter. I think that when the weather there should be cold, people have already delivered it. Shoes, socks and clothes, it’s still too late to get there, it’s already snowed twice.”

The fifth princess is willing to chat with her, and Xiaodong doesn't mind chatting with her either.Speaking of which, the fifth princess is much easier to get along with than the sixth princess. She is smarter and sensitive than the sixth princess, and she can understand the mood of others.Regardless of whether it is true or false, at least it makes people comfortable when getting along.The sixth princess is really temperamental, but sometimes she is so aggressive that people can't stand it.

After the banquet, the emperor and empress served wine and prayed to the Empress Dowager Shengci, and the emperor also personally held a cup and chopsticks for the empress dowager, showing the performance of a 24-year-old filial son.If it is an ordinary family, during the Double Ninth Festival, the children and grandchildren will naturally serve the elders in the family in the same way, but what the emperor is doing is a political show, and all he wants is form and meaning.

The wine has been scalded, and has a chrysanthemum aroma, which is very sweet.

"Sister Xiaodong..."

Xiaodong looked at the fifth princess with a slight vigilance in his heart, but his face remained calm.

Xiaodong still remembers what she said to Xiaodong last time.

"Master Shen...is he alright?"

Xiaodong was startled, quiet?

Why would the fifth princess ask him?

"My cousin is very good."

The fifth princess also drank a few glasses of wine, and the red marks on her face seemed to be darker. She looked at the Double Ninth Cake on the table in a daze.

These two...should have no relationship.

The fifth princess didn't say anything after asking this question, Xiaodong was puzzled and guessed, but nothing showed on her face.

"By the way, I got the letter the day before yesterday, and the fifth princess's wedding date has been set."

"Is it?"

Caigu opened the box: "The empress dowager saw that the princess likes to eat this cake made in the small kitchen of the Changchun Palace, so she made some for you to take back and eat slowly."

"Well, thank you Empress Dowager for me. By the way, Fifth Sister is married to..."

"It's still Lin Xianghou's family. Although it was delayed due to illness, fortunately, the princess's illness is now cured, and the marriage should not be delayed any longer. I heard that the second son of Lin Xianghou's family is also elegant, with a good temper and good looks. Well, in the future and the fifth princess will be able to live happily ever after as husband and wife."

Xiaodong responded, a little absent-minded.

The fifth princess talked to her for a long time just now, and went around in circles for a long time, in fact... Xiaodong felt that that was the only sentence she really wanted to ask.

The five princesses are against Shen Jing...

Xiaodong returned to Prince An's Mansion with a box of Double Ninth Cake and a heart full of thoughts. At night, Zhao Lu came over specially: "Your sister must be exhausted today, right?"

Xiaodong looked at his clothes and asked, "Where did brother come from?"

"Accompany Shen Jing to the east of the city for a walk. He drank too much. I want to ask my sister, the hangover soup I made last time is quite effective. I feel much better after drinking it..."

"Ah, I just ordered it to be delivered." Xiaodong hesitated: "Why did he drink too much?"

"Today's wine is strong, I didn't notice it for a while, he drank a pot by himself."

Shen Jing is a very measured person, why did he suddenly start drinking?

And today, what the fifth princess asked...

After the Hangover Soup was ready, Xiaodong personally served it.Zhao Lu placed the man in the guest house, Shen Jing was indeed drunk, her face was red, and the sleeping person could not wake up.Xiaodong watched as someone poured him hangover soup, and while someone was packing up the wine-stained clothes and went out, Xiaodong turned his head and saw something, and beckoned to him: "Wait a minute."

In the middle of the clothes is a brocade belt.

The brocade belt is no longer new, perhaps because it is often rubbed, the flowers embroidered on it are no longer bright.

Xiaodong had seen this ribbon before.

This is when Shen Jing just arrived in the capital and became famous in the poetry competition. At that time, the fourth princess and the fifth princess happened to meet, and the fifth princess took out a hand-embroidered brocade as the prize. Congratulations, Xiaodong has seen this brocade belt before, it is exactly the one at that time.

Xiaodong held the brocade belt and went out for a while, the person who tidied up the clothes did not dare to leave without orders, and asked softly: "If the Princess has no other orders..."

"Oh, you go."

Xiaodong turned around and entered the room, Zhao Lu wiped the sweat from his brow: "This man, no matter how gentle he is, will die when he is drunk. Fortunately, he is not the kind of drunk man who goes to sleep when he is drunk. It's not too much trouble. Hey, what are you holding?"

Xiaodong put the brocade belt beside Shen Jing's pillow: "It's nothing. By the way, brother, do you know what's going on with your cousin's marriage?"

"Oh, I heard that the date has been set, and he's going to take leave and go back to get married."

"Is it?"

Xiaodong didn't tell anyone about this matter, there can't be anything between Shen Jing and the fifth princess.Unlike the third prince and Yao Jinfeng back then, it was impossible for Shen Jing to have a private meeting with the fifth princess and communicate the song secretly.The fifth princess lived in a deep palace, and it was extremely difficult for Shen Jing to even meet her.A brocade ribbon and a greeting mean nothing.

The fifth princess is about to get married, and Shen Jing is also about to marry his wife.

Their lives are like two parallel lines.Shen Jing is a highly anticipated child of the Shen family in Hedong. The family did not train him to let him destroy his future and become an idle son-in-law.

Shen Jing sobered up the next day and came to thank Xiaodong.

"Thank me for what? I didn't make that soup myself."

Shen Jing just smiled, looking gentle still.

Xiaodong thought of him secretly reading chivalrous novels in the cave on the rockery, and also thought of the ribbon——

Do the children of the aristocratic family always have to compromise like this?Suppress preferences and personality, you can't do what you like, and you can't get close to people you like.

Xiaodong suddenly understood Shen Jing at this moment.

Why does she always feel that this person is so unreal.

Because what he showed was never the real him.

His elders, his family, his teachers, and the people around him expect too much from him, and he lives for these people.

What Xiaodong saw was the "quietness" in everyone's eyes.

He is smart and humble, gentle and handsome.He is calm and dignified, with both ability and virtue...

He is perfect, as long as he draws people, what he shows to others is always a positive side.

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Hug everyone, I have diarrhea~~

Ask for a ticket, ask for a ticket. .

(End of this chapter)